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Delay tactic “I am fully aware that the costs of complying with Real ID are enormous and overly burdensome to states, including Maine. I will be introducing this legislation so that we can pause and take a more measured approach …
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Florida clarification “It’s something the companies can live with. The clarification in this order addresses all of our concerns.” Sam Miller, Florida Insurance Council, announcing his members had dropped their suit against a Jan. 31 rule preventing them from canceling …
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Child safety “None of us wants to — as we each have done — meet with another family who has lost a child, in what is clearly a preventable death.” Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., spoke in support of legislation …
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Keeping it alive “This is something that was taken away as a part of the worker’s compensation reform bill passed in the 2005 special session. My constituents still are frustrated and upset about this change. The problem is, if we’d …
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Child safety “None of us wants to — as we each have done — meet with another family who has lost a child, in what is clearly a preventable death.” Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., spoke in support of legislation …
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Brady in court “At that moment I wasn’t sure what was happening, if that was normal or not normal.” New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady testifying that he watched his mentor, Charlie Weis, move in and out of consciousness after …
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Antitrust laws “Federal oversight would provide confidence that the industry is not engaging in the most egregious forms of anticompetitive conduct — price fixing, agreements not to pay, and market allocations … insurers may object to being subject to the …
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No need to be unkind “It’s not a popular position. I’ve had people who have said unkind things. I’ve had people who say I need to be replaced.” — Arkansas State Sen. Kim Hendren, R-Gravette, commenting on the unlikelihood that …
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Robber baron “We’re looking a robber baron in the face. State Farm is not a responsible corporate citizen.” Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood fighting a recent decision by State Farm Insurance Co. to stop writing new home and commercial property …
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Stellar statistic “This is the most remarkable statistic of all. The combined ratio we estimate to be about 94 for the year. That would be the best result since 1955.” — Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the …
